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Acetate  n.  (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.






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"Acetate" Quotes from Famous Books



... foregoing is all that is required, but if the appetite is lost and the animal appears debilitated and dull, give 3 ounces of the solution of acetate of ammonia and 2 drams of powdered chlorate of potassium diluted with a pint of water three times a day as a drench. Be careful when giving the drench; do not pound the horse on the gullet to make him swallow; be patient, and take time, ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture

... absorption and action should be promoted by the free use of a clean hairbrush. Wine is the favorite solvent for the iron; ale and beer are also sometimes so employed. Most of the fashionable ferruginous hair washes also contain a few grains of acetate of copper or distilled verdigris, the objections to which have ...
— The Ladies Book of Useful Information - Compiled from many sources • Anonymous

... The original process may be summed up under the following heads: Printing or padding with an aluminous mordant, which is fixed and cleaned in the usual manner; dyeing in alizarin for reds with addition of calcium acetate; padding in sulpholeic acid and drying; steaming and soaping. The process was next introduced into England, whence it returned with the following modifications; in place of olive-oil or oleic acid, castor oil was ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various

... and then a phenomenon, not unknown, either, in the loves of mortals, occurs. The arsenic abandons the copper, and clings in crystals to the sides of the glass tube, where it can be recognised by the aid of a magnifying-glass or microscope; and if the crystals are heated with a bit of acetate of potash the odour drives the chemist ...
— The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 • Various

... acetate, oil of turpentine, oil of juniper, and other diuretics are valuable in some instances, and, while often failing, sometimes exert a rapid influence, especially in those cases in which the disease is extensive and ...
— Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon



Words linked to "Acetate" :   acetin, acetate rayon, cellulose acetate, norethindrone acetate, polyvinyl acetate, salt, ethanoate, sugar of lead, cupric acetate, Cortone Acetate, megestrol acetate, ethyl acetate, rayon, lead acetate, acetate disk



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